Improved blind-fastening



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GOODRIGII LIGHTFOOT, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS, *ASSIGNOR TO4 'HIMSELF AND;

JOSEPH B. LIGHTFOOT, OF SAME PLAGE. l

Lesers Patent No. 70,726, and November 12,1867.

IMPROVED BLIND-Hermine.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be -it known that I, GooDnIcH LIGHTFOOT, of Elgin, in the county of Kane, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for Window-Blinds; and I dol herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and to' the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in whichv Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the position in which the blinds are held when thrown open.

Figure 2-is a front elevation of the window-frame, with vertical section through the blinds, showing the manner of opening and closing the same.

' Similar lettersof referenceas'they occur'in the several gures denote like parts in each of the drawings.

The nature-of my invention relates to an improvement in a device for fastening window-blinds when opened or closed, and consi-sts in' so arranging the same that one or both vmay be opened orl closed independent of the other, and firmly fastened in'either position. by means of a jointed rod, extending laterally from one blind to the other, as will be hereinafter-more fully explained.

To enable others'skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to'thedrawings. 1 i

A and A are the blinds,` and C the window-frame or outside casings of the same. To' these casings 'said blinds are attached bymeans of hinges, which may be of any known form of construction, attached to the out. ward edges ofsaid blinds. Inst below the hinges which connect thesame to the casings is a third hinge, e and e. From these hinges isa rod, L, which is'provided at its centre with a joint, t, said rcdextending from side to side ofthe window, and is'connected-at its' ends to hinges e and e by means of a second hinge orjointy and i, ns shown in the -drawings'at n 1t, figs. 1 and 2, the length of said rod being such as to extend only from one hinge to the, other of said blind when the same is opened or closed, as the distance is then equal.

The objects of this arrangement are several: iirst, one part ofthe blind can be opened or closed independent of the other; second, the same can be opened or closed without raising the blind, as is the case with all heretofore known arrangements; and, third, the fastening is secure when closed. I

The manner of operation is as follows: In opening the blind, the centre of rod Iris moved upward, whichv A then will admit of th'e blinds moving upon their hinges. The sameis then readily opened or closed. The centre of rod L is then dropped to a horizontal position, and the fastening is secure.A

Having thus described lthe nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i i I i Jointed rod L, in combination with hinges e and e, when constructed and operated substantially in the mann-er and for the purpose specified. I v

GOODRIOH LIGrHTIiOO'I. Witnesses N. H. Snnnnunnn. .Tous J.VCLAnK. 

